Jason Toon

Attention, contestants in our Wine.Woot Mystery Wine Challenge!
By now, you should have received your Wellington Vineyards order,
including the mystery bottle(s). It’s time to pop the cork on it, take
a sip or two, and make your best guess as to what varietal you just
tasted. No, “Mad Dog 20/20” is not a varietal. If you have any
questions about how this works, read the original Wine Challenge announcement or post your question in the discussion forum for this blog post.

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Thanks for taking part in the largest wine tasting event in the known universe. We’ll gather the entries and salute the winners in a future
blog post. Isn’t that recognition much more meaningful than some vulgar
prize like mere money?

SmilingBoognish

What fun!
I almost wish that all four bottles had been a mystery, I was pretty certain of the varietal before tasting it based on the color and nose. From a marketing perspective, I'm sure WD and SB would have sold less wine, but with all the wine clubs we belong to, even at a bottle a night between the wife and I, the juice just stacks up!

samiratou

What if we got a bottle that was dot-less? We got two different bottles, one dotted, one not (yes we took apart the paper bags to see if it was in there--no dice). The label was worded slightly differently on each of them, but I don't know if that matters or not.

javadrinker

samiratou wrote:What if we got a bottle that was dot-less? We got two different bottles, one dotted, one not (yes we took apart the paper bags to see if it was in there--no dice). The label was worded slightly differently on each of them, but I don't know if that matters or not.

SonomaBouliste

samiratou wrote:What if we got a bottle that was dot-less? We got two different bottles, one dotted, one not (yes we took apart the paper bags to see if it was in there--no dice). The label was worded slightly differently on each of them, but I don't know if that matters or not.

There is some chance that WineDavid might know (w00t might have kept track of who got what). Worth a try. I guess next time I should farm the work out

Should have had my latest blog up by now, but I think WineDavid's e-mail has some gremlins.

jwhite6114

SonomaBouliste wrote:There is some chance that WineDavid might know (w00t might have kept track of who got what). Worth a try. I guess next time I should farm the work out

Should have had my latest blog up by now, but I think WineDavid's e-mail has some gremlins.

Next time? Sweet!

As for farming it out, this was a lot of work and a new task, to boot. I'd give the girls another go (with some lessons learned) before contracting out. Besides, I'd hate to think they might have to go shoeless next school year.

polarbear22

As for farming it out, this was a lot of work and a new task, to boot. I'd give the girls another go (with some lessons learned) before contracting out. Besides, I'd hate to think they might have to go shoeless next school year.

ddeuddeg

SmilingBoognish wrote:No way - keep it in the family, I say! A few missing dots and a little color confusion adds to the handcrafted feel...

Amen.

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. - Hester Browne
Filmmaker/winemaker Francis Ford Coppola says his two professions are almost the same and that each depends on source material and takes a lot of time to perfect.
The big difference: "Today's winemakers still worry about quality."

shh64

We tried the red dot bottle last night. I had an idea of what it was so I opened one of that varietal from Wellington. OK, they were different, so I opened another. Also, different. OK, three bottles open now and we keep trying each - glad I was taking today off work anyway. I went with my first thought when I tried before comparing. I think it may be a different year than the varietal I was comparing to. I am excited to find out the answers. I was more certain on the pink dot that I tried earlier in the week.

tomatillo

Green dot. Haven't opened the red, yet.
3 drinkers, 1 novice and 2 long termers.
Nobody could agree.
But it went well with the veggie pizza we had 4 lunch.
Pity the clients who were scheduled for later that day.

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